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Illegal cigarettes 

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Lady a lucky greyhound 

Te Kaha water upgrade 

Work on essential water 

upgrades around Te Kaha will 

get under way in late July. Said 

city council acting general 

manager city infrastructure 

Brent Smith: “We’re taking a 

staged approach, starting by 

upgrading the water supply 

and wastewater infrastructure 

around the arena on Lichfield, 

Madras and Barbadoes streets.’’ 

The water upgrade work is 

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greyhound wasn’t always on the 

cards for Anna Farge. 

But she says her new dog, from 

the city council’s animal shelter, 

completed the missing piece of 

the puzzle. 

Farge’s family of six – including 

her Jack Russell, Jake – grew 

by one last week as they welcomed 

‘Lady’. 

“I came across Lady on the 

council’s Facebook page, and her 

age was never an issue. As soon 

as I saw her face I knew there was 

something very special about 

her,” Farge said. 

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kids and Jake to meet her – she 

was just what our family was 

missing. 

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racing greyhounds around 

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more dogs than homes. 

Dogs are now being sent to 

the United States, rather than 

waiting to be adopted in New 

Zealand. 

As of early June, 44 greyhounds 

have made the trip to 

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reported. 

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Dickason sentenced to 18 years, 

• By Tim Brown 

A MOTHER who brutally 

murdered her three young 

daughters has escaped life 

imprisonment. 

There was 

silence in the 

High Court at 

Christchurch 

and Lauren 

Dickason 

showed no signs 

of emotion as 

Justice Cameron 

Mander imposed 

a sentence of 18 

Cameron 

Mander 

years’ imprisonment yesterday. 

Those closest to Dickason told 

the court they had forgiven her, 

but the devastating effects of her 

actions in September 2021 would 

resonate through the rest of their 

lives. 

She would begin her sentence 

as a patient at a mental health 

hospital in the custody of the 

state under the Mental Health 

(Compulsory Assessment and 

Treatment) Act. 

Justice Mander imposed no 

minimum non-parole period, 

saying her severe mental illness 

was not only a contributing factor 

to her actions, but the cause. 

Dickason will be eligible for 

parole after she has served a third 

of her sentence. 

The girls’ father, Graham 

SENTENCE: Lauren Dickason was yesterday sentenced to 18 years, with no minimum period 

of non-parole, for the September 2021 murders of her three young daughters. 

PHOTO: ALDEN WILLIAMS/POOL 

Dickason, said he forgave his 

wife for what she had done, but 

her actions had robbed of him of 

the life he knew and the joy his 

future held. 

Lauren smothered 6-year-old 

Lianè and 2-year-old twins Karla 

and Maya in their beds on September 

16, 2021. 

The family had only recently 

arrived in New Zealand from 

South Africa and just moved to 

Timaru after leaving Covid-19 

managed isolation. 

Lauren’s parents and other 

family members were in court 

yesterday to support her. 

Her father and a close family 

member read victim impact 

statements in support of her. 

Less than an hour after she was 

sentenced for the murders Dickason 

issued a statement through 

her lawyer saying she loved her 

daughters with all her heart. 

However, she had failed them, 

her husband and their families. 

“I take responsibility for taking 

our three beautiful girls from this 

world,” Dickason said. 

“I would like to take this opportunity 

to convey the deepest 

and most sincere remorse for the 

extreme pain and hurt caused to 

my children and my family by 

my actions.” 

Graham was not in court, but 

victim impact statements were 

read on his behalf, as well as 

those of his mother and three 

sisters. 

When asked if she had anything 

to say as to why she should 

not be sentenced, Dickason did 

not respond. 

She listened intently as the victim 

impact statements were read, 

often with a pained grimace on 

her face and occasionally lowering 

her eye-line as details of the 

effects of her offending were read. 

Graham’s statement said he 

forgave the woman he married in 

2006 for what she had done. 

“It is obvious that this tragedy 

has changed my life forever. I 

have not only lost my children 

but also my life with my wife,” he 

said. 

He had lost not only the 

opportunity to see his little girls 

flourish and grow, but also the 

opportunity to one day be a 

grandfather, as he and Lauren 

had children late in life following 

a long and difficult journey to 

conceive. 

“I have managed to accept my 

current situation in life,” he said. 

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escapes life imprisonment 

“Lauren Dickason has lost 

everything I have lost. I made 

the decision to forgive Lauren for 

what she has done. 

“She will have to live with the 

knowledge of what she has done 

for the rest of her life. 

“Her punishment is already 

severe . . . I hold no ill will to 

Lauren for what she has done.” 

Graham said he was pleased 

she was getting healthcare for 

her mental health conditions in 

New Zealand. 

“The real victims are Lianè, 

Maya and Karla. We will miss 

them forever.” 

Graham’s mother, Bettie 

Dickason, said she felt like she 

was living in a horror movie. 

“I don’t have the vocabulary to 

accurately describe the pain this 

has brought me and my family,” 

her victim impact statement said. 

“I’m a 78-year-old grandmother 

who once had 10 grandchildren 

– now I only have seven. 

“There is no escaping the pain. 

It numbs me. It makes me want 

to crawl under the covers and 

never come out again.” 

Graham’s sisters’ victim impact 

statements were also read to 

the court. 

Hermien Naude said the murder 

of the three girls had broken 

her mother and revealed she had 

never really known Lauren at all. 

Elisabeth Botes said her 

brother’s strength throughout 

the ordeal had been incredible. 

“When we spoke in anger 

(against Lauren), he rebuked us,” 

Botes’ statement said. 

Lauren betrayed the trust and 

love of her little girls, she said. 

“Lauren gave no consideration 

for the consequences of her actions,” 

Botes said. 

“She took the lives of three little 

girls who loved her. 

“They didn’t chose her. She 

chose them.” 

Cecilia Muller said the deaths 

of Lianè, Maya and Karla had 

changed the lives of her family 

forever and in a way that could 

never heal. 

“I do not think anyone has 

any idea what Graham went 

through,” her statement said. 

FAMILY: 

Lauren and 

Graham 

Dickason 

with their 

daughters 

Maya, 2, 

Lianè, 6, 

and Karla, 2. 

“There was a small funeral. 

Seeing Graham walk to the car 

with the girl’s ashes after the 

funeral broke my heart. Our 

beautiful girls were reduced to 

so little. 

“I have heard my brother cry 

in the shower. There were no 

words to describe the loss.” 

Muller said she did not hate 

Lauren. 

“I feel a deep sadness and 

disappointment as things could 

be different.” 

Her parents, Malcolm and 

Wendy Fawkes, called for leniency 

for their daughter, saying her 

silent struggle with post-partum 

depression was more profound 

and disturbing than anyone had 

understood. 

“She has been punished 

enough already. She has lost 

everything, as has her husband,” 

Malcolm told the court. 

“She has expressed grief, remorse, 

shame and incredulity for 

what she has done.” 

A close family member, who 

had name suppression, told the 

court it was clear the person who 

killed Lianè, Maya and Karla 

was not the mother, doctor or 

woman they knew Lauren to be. 

“We can tell how much she 

loved those three girls and 

couldn’t have been in sound 

mind when she did what she 

did,” the family member said. 

“The greatest victim in this 

situation may be Lauren herself.” 

Lauren’s family outlined a 

litany of agencies and individuals 

they were angry at for failing her 

and her daughters by failing to 

detect the severity of her mental 

health struggles or exacerbating 

them. 

Justice Mander said Dickason 

had fundamentally breached 

her daughters’ trust as they were 

vulnerable, entirely dependent 

on her and unsuspecting as they 

viewed her as a source of safety 

and love. 

But he accepted if not for her 

severe mental illness, the murders 

would not have occurred. 

It was why he found either a 

sentence of life imprisonment or 

a minimum non-parole period of 

‘Her punishment is already 

severe . . . I hold no ill will 

to Lauren for what she has 

done’ – Graham Dickason 

17 years would have been manifestly 

unjust. 

Her lawyer, Kerryn Beaton, 

said Lauren was deeply remorseful 

for what she had done and 

would never recover from the 

loss her actions caused. 

Lauren was remanded at 

Hillmorton Hospital for several 

months following her guilty 

verdicts. 

She had undergone psychiatric 

testing at the court’s request, 

leading to delays in her sentencing, 

which was originally scheduled 

for December. 

At trial, the defence advanced 

the theory Lauren was in the 

grips of a severe depressive 

episode, linked to the lingering 

effects of postpartum depression. 

Details of her long history of 

mental health battles, IVF struggles, 

tensions with motherhood 

and angst around the family’s 

move to New Zealand were laid 

bare during the four-week trial. 

The court also heard of her 

violent visions in the weeks 

before the deaths, alongside her 

web search history, detailing 

inquiries on “how to cause child 

drug overdoses”. – RNZ 

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We Will 

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I Am The River, 

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The Great 

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Ice Maiden 

I Shall 

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Festival general manager and producer 

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of documentary storytelling, exploring 

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“Doc Edge has earned recognition as we 

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The festival is in its 19th year. 

This year’s programme includes 66 films 

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“Alongside providing visitors and residents 

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activities designed to grow our region’s 

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Finnie said the industry events pair 

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the Convention Centre in 

Christchurch and it was 

“everything cancer in pets” 

spread over three days. Very 

few clinics in NZ offer a full, 

comprehensive oncology 

service to pets and their 

owners, but Steve and I 

are very proud to be able 

to say our oncology team, 

led by veterinarian Dr 

Kirsty Thompson, is doing 

a fabulous job with this 

disease in our patients. 

Our main aim with a 

cancer patient is to 

improve their quality of life (QOL), 

for whatever life they have left. Some 

patients we diagnose are asymptomatic 

and essentially healthy. Some patients are 

clearly unwell. Whatever 

the cancer type and stage 

we can tailor a plan to 

optimise QOL and minimise 

pain and discomfort. 

Some cancers we can 

cure (oral plasmacytoma) 

but will require ongoing 

monitoring. Some cancers 

can’t be cured (Lymphoma) 

but are successfully 

managed. 

Our main responsibility 

to the pet owner is to 

explain what we currently 

know, what additional 

information would be 

useful, what treatment 

options are possible 

and potential prognosis 

for their pet. We need 

to take the time to run 

through their queries 

and be as honest and 

upfront as we can. We 

also need to take into 

account the likely costs 

incurred of treating 

cancer. Everyone has 

to be onboard and 

expectations clear at the 

start. 

Our first skill is in 

diagnosing what type 

and stage of cancer we 

are dealing with as this 

provides the framework 

for treatment, whether 

it be surgery (radiation, 

intralesional therapy or 

electrochemotherapy) or 

chemotherapy (maximally 

tolerated dose, metronomic 

or immunotherapy). 

The most common 

cancers we see at MMH 

vets are MCT (mast cell 

tumours), sarcomas, 

adenocarcinomas, 

lymphomas, 

osteosarcomas, lipomas, 

melanomas. 

Diagnosis relies on 

many tests but often the 

simplest, cytology of the mass, 

Treating 

the cancer 

patient 

Renal cancer 

patient 

survivor 

can yield a diagnostic answer. Sometimes a 

segment of the mass needs to be sampled 

(or removed) and sent to the laboratory for 

histopathology. Other testing employed 

to check for malignancy is radiographs, 

ultrasonography, CT, and MRI. Its also 

important to check the patient’s blood and 

urine tests to assess liver and renal function, 

and electrolytes imbalances. During 

chemotherapy we need to check for bone 

marrow suppression (check red and white 

blood cells and platelets) as this dictates 

our chemo schedule and 

strength of drug used. 

Cancer has four phases of 

treatment- 

1. The investigative stage 

aims at defining a type 

and stage of the cancer, 

whether it is malignant 

and has spread to other 

sites and whether the pet 

has any other identifiable 

illnesses that will impact 

treatment or prognosis. 

2. The initial treatment 

phase which involves 

either surgery, radiation 

therapy, chemotherapy or 

metronomic therapy 

3. The monitoring and ongoing treatment 

phase continues for those cancers that can’t 

be cured or where relapses are possible. 

This phase involves more 

testing, chemotherapy 

and sometimes surgeries 

4. End of life phase is all 

about palliative care and 

supporting our clients 

through the difficult 

process of euthanasia, and 

when is the right time. 

At McMaster & Heap we 

offer a referral oncology 

service for these often, 

complicated cases. We 

see all types of cancers 

A K9 patient 

receiving 

intravenous 

chemotherapy 

A successfully 

completed 

round of 

chemo 

and offer a range of 

diagnostic services and 

treatments including 

surgery, ultrasound, CT and 

chemotherapy. We work 

with an oncology specialist in 

Australia for those rarer cancer 

types and if necessary, refer to 

Board recognised Specialist 

orthopaedic or soft tissue 

surgeons for advanced and 

more complex surgeries. 

If chemotherapy is 

appropriate, we offer in 

house treatments (oral, 

subcutaneous, and 

intravenous) and this can 

usually get this started on 

the same day or within a 

couple of days of the owners 

making the decision. There 

is often a misconception 

that chemotherapy will 

make animals sick like it 

does in humans, but the 

truth is that only 10-15% 

have side effects and these 

are usually managed by 

medications that can be 

given at home. Pets also 

don’t lose their hair and in 

fact tolerate it exceptionally 

well. 

Cancer doesn’t have to be a 

“life sentence”. Its a disease 

like hepatitis and there 

are many new innovative 

treatment options, that can 

offer better than expected 

survival times and QOL. Its 

a process to go through but 

McMaster & Heap vets can guide you and 

help you with decision making. 

If you would like to discuss your pets cancer, 

please book an appointment with Dr Kirsty 

Thompson. Kirsty will provide all the facts 

and honestly help you navigate through all 

the steps of cancer diagnosis and treatment 

options. 

Dr Michele McMaster 

PARTIALLY RESTORED: A former rest home is for sale again after Williams 

Corp abandoned plans for a 51-room boarding house. 

Old rest home site 

back on the market 

A FORMER rest home in Avonside is on 

the market after high profile developer 

Williams Corp abandoned plans for a 

51-room accommodation block. 

The company, one of New Zealand’s 

biggest builders, bought the former 

St James Rest Home in Patten St in 

2020 for $2.375 million and lodged 

plans to turn it into a boarding 

house, OneRoof reported yesterday. 

The property had been sitting 

vacant since the February 2011 

earthquake. 

Colliers listing agent Courtney 

Doig told OneRoof the property 

had been upgraded by Williams 

Corp and was being sold in a 

partially restored condition. 

“Williams Corp’s original intention was 

to continue with the repair and lease it as a 

boarding house,” he said. 

“But the process with council took a 

lot longer than expected. They have had 

a change of direction, and they want to 

focus on their core business of (building) 

townhouses.” 

Williams Corp first listed the 4043 sq m 

Courtenay 

Doig 

WOF 

only $70 

property on Patten St in April last year. It 

changed agencies at the start of this month 

and relaunched the listing with Colliers on 

June 14. 

The property has had a of the building 

interiors but the work is 

incomplete and the windows are 

boarded up. 

Doig thought it was unlikely 

a buyer would demolish the 

buildings. 

She told OneRoof: “There is 

too much value in the residual 

improvements. I think it will be 

given a new lease of life. It has 

been relevelled, replumbed, and 

rewired. It is still a project for an 

incoming builder, tradesman or 

developer to finish.” 

Doig said Williams Corp was happy to 

sell the property in its current state or do 

a build contract with the purchaser and 

complete the existing project. 

She said there was a need for boarding 

houses in Christchurch, but the property 

could equally be used as a medical facility. 

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‘Old Ted’ the inspiration for hospital 

giving new life to old teddy bears 

• By John Cosgrove 

IN AN OLD black and white 

photo from 1917, an eight-yearold 

girl can be seen happily 

showing off her new British 

teddy bear. 

More than 100 years later, 

the photo has helped build 

the foundation of a teddy bear 

hospital in Canterbury. 

The young girl was Kaiapoi 

resident Suzanne Irvine’s 

grandmother, Florence Fransden, 

and for more than 107 years ‘‘Old 

Ted’’ the teddy bear has been 

watching over generations of the 

Irvine family. 

Taking care of Old Ted over 

the years inspired the former 

CTV camerawoman to start her 

Teddy Bear Hospital. 

A few years ago she started 

making and repairing teddy 

bears part-time, but her love for 

restoring old heritage bears saw 

her start teddybearhospital.co.nz. 

The mohair British teddy 

bear was made by the Terry Toy 

Company in East London and 

travelled to a Canterbury toy 

shop sometime before 1914. 

In 1917 he was purchased 

by some of Florence’s family 

members who bought him to aid 

in her recovery from a near-fatal 

illness and a three-month stay in 

hospital. 

When the photo was taken in 

1917, three of her brothers went 

off to World War 1, never to 

return. 

‘‘Old Ted sat on a small chair 

in the lounge of the family home 

on Moorhouse Ave,” Irvine said 

‘‘My dad was an only child and 

he wasn’t allowed to play with 

him, and neither were we ever 

allowed to touch him. 

‘‘That’s why he was in such 

good condition, as he just sat 

there, out of the sun,’’ Irvine said. 

Old Ted was later passed on to 

Irvine’s father Martyn, a retired 

carpenter, and in time he will 

pass him on to Irvine who has 

GENERATIONS: Teddy bear restorer Suzanne Irvine with Old Ted and the photo of her 

grandmother Florence Fransden who received him as a present in 1917. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

recently restored the much-loved 

bear to his former glory. 

‘‘Four generations of my family 

have worked on Old Ted to 

preserve his stability. 

‘‘There were old stitches 

on his ears which my greatgrandmother 

would have done. 

‘‘Grandma kept him together 

sewing him up when the stitches 

failed over the years,” Irvine said. 

‘‘My dad tidied him up and 

replaced the eyes, and now I’ve 

cleaned him up and strengthened 

him so he’s looking as bright and 

‘‘I love repairing the 

old teddy bears. I’ve only 

been in business for four 

weeks and people from 

all over are calling me up, 

surprised there is a teddy 

bear hospital service here 

in Kaiapoi.’’ 

– Suzanne Irvine 

sparkly as he was when he first 

came into our family.’’ 

Irvine says Old Ted now has 

a shine on his fur that he never 

had before – 60 years of sitting 

near an open fire had coated it in 

black smokey ash and tar. 

Irvine is currently working on 

a 23-year-old toy lion attacked 

by a dog, a 70-year-old rabbit 

and an 85-year-old teddy bear 

suffering from a bug infestation 

problem. 

‘‘I love repairing the old teddy 

bears. I’ve only been in business 

for four weeks and people 

from all over are calling me up, 

surprised there is a teddy bear 

hospital service here in Kaiapoi.’’ 

‘‘That one I had to put in the 

freezer for 48 hours to kill off all 

the bugs, now I’m thawing him 

out before the restoration work 

starts.’’ 

Irvine has been surprised by 

the demand for her skills. 

‘‘It’s been crazy the demand, 

with many calls coming from 

Canterbury and just as many 

from cities up north.’’ 

She says Old Ted epitomises 

the physical longevity of heritage 

family bears. 

‘‘They honour the legacy and 

heritage they represent in a 

family’s history. 

‘‘It’s time for people to dig out 

these old bears from storage and 

create a lasting family heirloom 

for future generations to enjoy.’’ 

Old Ted’s past 

In 1890, William J. Terry 

founded his toy factory, based in 

east London. 

The company was already 

famous for its soft toys before 

producing its first teddy bears in 

the early 1900s. 

English bears, like Old Ted, 

usually had glass eyes with 

painted backs. 

The webbed claw stitching 

on the bear’s paws is another 

characteristic of English bears. 

Terry died in 1924 and his son 

took over the company. But just 

before World War 2, the factory 

was shut down. 

Made between 1905 and 1908 

from shaggy mohair and stuffed 

with wood wool and kapok, these 

dolls set the standard for British 

bears. 

Certified Terry bears like Old 

Ted now sell at international 

auctions for NZD$2000 and 

above, while many others reside 

in museums such as the Victoria 

& Albert Museum in London. 

• To get in touch 

with the Teddy Bear 

Hospital, email fixmybear@ 

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House or baby? The decision not to 

As first-home buyers get 

older, people are delaying 

having children or 

choosing not to have 

them at all. 

New Zealand sociologist 

and emeritus professor 

at Massey University Paul 

Spoonley told OneRoof the 

shifting milestones had 

serious implications for the 

housing market and the 

future of the country. 

“People are delaying or 

putting off completely 

having children and part of 

that mix is trading off what 

you can afford, including 

home ownership,” Spoonley 

said. 

Stats NZ’s latest fertility 

data, released in May, 

showed a fertility rate of 

1.52 births per woman 

– a record low, OneRoof 

reported. 

Meanwhile, the average 

age of first-home buyers 

had reached 36.6 in the 

first quarter of this year, 

Centrix data showed. The 

average mortgage size was 

$159,714 higher than in 

2019. 

Spoonley told OneRoof 

financial constraints were 

increasingly driving decisions 

such as living independently 

and taking on a 

mortgage. 

“While the delay in 

homeownership and starting 

a family is significantly 

influenced by educational 

and career commitments, 

particularly among women, 

financial considerations 

are increasingly pivotal,” he 

said. 

“The cost of living, especially 

post-pandemic, had 

become a major factor. 

Decisions are often being 

made between investing 

in housing and having 

children.” 

Campbell Hastie, from 

Hastie Mortgages, told OneRoof 

his firm had clients 

who were trying to balance 

buying their first home 

with starting a family. 

“First-home buyers are 

older and there are lots of 

reasons for that. Getting 

educated and getting a 

career so you can earn 

enough money for a house 

deposit, and you can’t do 

it on your own unless you 

have a significant income,” 

he said. 

“All of those things don’t 

happen now until you’re 

certainly in your late 20s 

if not 30s, and at that 

age, the biological clock 

is ticking and it’s ticking 

hard so, yes, couples are 

choosing,” Hastie said. 

DANNI DUNCAN is a 34-yearold 

who has chosen to not have 

children. 

The Christchurch woman 

has hundreds of thousands of 

people following her child-free 

journey on social media, where 

she provides advice and support 

to others who are thinking about 

making the same decision. 

Duncan said she thought 

would have children one day but 

was on the fence about it for two 

years. 

“I never had the desire that 

other people speak of, but I just 

thought that’s what you do. 

“Within the last year I have, I 

have come to a conclusion that 

‘no, I don’t want to have kids’.” 

Duncan said having children 

was expensive and finances were 

a big part of the decision. 

“My husband and I are about 

to buy a house, and our mortgage 

going to be pretty big. I cannot 

see how we would do that and 

have a child. I know people do. I 

just personally don’t see how we 

would do that.” 

She said it took many conversations 

with her husband for them 

both to be on the same page. 

The other reason was her independence. 

“The biggest thing for me is my 

independence. I’m an independent 

person and I like being on 

my own, which is a little ironic 

NO GO: Danni Duncan said taking on a big mortgage was a 

factor in her decision not to have kids. PHOTO: RNZ 

because people like to tell me I’m 

going to be so lonely if I don’t 

have kids.” 

Other reasons included the 

sacrifice Duncan would need to 

make, and the drastic life change. 

“I’m just very aware that life 

would change a lot if I was to 

have children, and I know some 

people might say that’s selfish, 

but I just think I know myself 

really well. I’m very aware of my 

personality and the things that I 

want out of life.” 

But in her quest to open up 

conversations on social media 

about not having children, 

Duncan has received threats and 

vitriol for her position, she told 

RNZ. 

Some people were incredibly 

supportive and thanked her for 

talking about it, she said. 

The other half were quite judgmental 

and just really misunderstood 

her. 

“In my personal life however, I 

think it took a while for people to 

kind of get their heads around it,” 

she said. 

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have kids 

Whopping 187 bids 

“But overwhelmingly I’ve had 

a lot of support from my friends 

and family, which is a relief because 

I know that a lot of people 

don’t experience it.” 

“I think over the last couple of 

years I’ve really had to learn that 

people’s reactions has actually got 

nothing to do with me and my 

choice. It’s their own thing that 

they’re dealing with.” 

She said she had three nieces 

and a nephew whom she adored. 

Some people have told her she 

would “never know true love” if 

she did not have children. 

But she looked at it from a different 

perspective. 

“They want me to experience 

the joy and the fulfilment that 

they’ve felt, and they only know 

one way of doing that.” 

And the ignorant comments 

were not said with malice, she said. 

“People have chosen not to 

have children for generations. 

However, I think this is one of 

the first generations where we are 

being quite vocal about that,” she 

said, so the pushback made sense. 

She said men had a lot more say 

in her comments than women. 

“Men just say the weirdest 

things. I’ve been told I’m going to 

be eaten by my cats when I die. 

“I think women 

. . . I can tell that the comments 

come from a place of not feeling 

seen or not feeling appreciated, or 

‘Men just say the weirdest 

things. I’ve been told I’m 

going to be eaten by my 

cats when I die’ 

– Danni Duncan 

PHOTO: INSTAGRAM 

potentially they did sacrifice a lot. 

“I have a lot more empathy for 

the women. As women often you 

just cannot win no matter what 

choice you make.” 

Putting herself on social media 

had connected her with people 

choosing a similar life path. 

“If I hadn’t talked about it, I 

would still be doing this on my 

own. There is nobody else in my 

personal life that’s choosing not 

to have children. 

“So social media as much as it 

can be detrimental sometimes, 

it can be a really positive thing, 

and that’s what I’m trying to 

focus on.” 

– RNZ 

for Mairehau house 

A FOUR-BEDROOM plaster 

home in Mairehau became the 

most wanted property in New 

Zealand’s auction rooms last 

week, attracting 187 bids in only 

15 minutes. 

Auctioneers 

told OneRoof the 

number of bids 

was extraordinary. 

The lifestyle 

block on Queen 

Elizabeth II 

Drive sold for 

$1.371 million 

– more than 

$180,000 above its 2022 RV. 

Mark 

Morrison 

The auction quickly passed the 

$1m mark with four determined 

buyers bidding. 

Harcourts Gold auctioneer 

Mark Morrison told OneRoof 

most of the bids were lodged after 

the property was announced 

on the market at $1.155 million, 

with the last two bidders trying 

to outdo each other in increments 

of $1000-$3000. 

“It was basically a two-horse 

race,” he said. 

Morrison also said 187 bids 

were the most made on a single 

property he could recall in his 

IN DEMAND: A lifestyle block attracted 187 bids at auction 

– an extraordinary number, according to auctioneers. 

four years as an auctioneer. 

“That was something else. 

It was a lot of small bids just 

chipping away. No one really put 

$20,000 on to try and finish it. 

They just punched and counterpunched,” 

he told OneRoof. 

The 5520 sq m property’s large 

landholding likely set off the 

bidding war, he said. 

Bayleys national auction manager 

Conor Patton told OneRoof 

187 was a high number of bids in 

any market. 

Patton said when the market 

was red hot in 2021 the average 

number of bids was 13.5, compared 

to an average of four bids 

per auction now. 

Harcourts national auction 

manager Shane Cortese told 

OneRoof when bidders were 

getting into a $1000 battle the 

best thing the buyer could do 

was “change it up”. 

“Go in with a hammer blow of 

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HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL 

Ann Brokenshire, Principal’s message 

Kia ora koutou, warm greetings to you all 

Our vision is “with our communities, we nurture, wellrounded 

and accomplished young people, prepared 

and ready for life”. 

This vision comes to life every day at our school with 

academic classes being the focus for five hours each 

day, but with a myriad of other activities in which 

students can choose to participate. 

In addition to this, our teachers strive to ensure 

the learning is authentic. Two examples of this are 

exemplified here: 

The swale planting by Year 10 students was preceded 

by the Environment Committee student-designed 

lesson on riparian planting. 

Our students will have on-going responsibilities to 

look after these plantings. 

June 2024 

Similarly, our full Year 9 cohort went to Halswell 

Quarry for a Big Day Out where their study of History, 

Geography, Horticulture, Science, Mathematics and 

English were all fully integrated. 

We are proud of our students and how they do 

indeed become well-rounded and accomplished 

young people learning alongside others from diverse 

backgrounds. 

Stunning new sports’ complex 

Started in May 2023 and due for completion in November 2024, our 

new gymnasium and associated facilities has reached some significant 

milestones. 

In consultation with local iwi, the complex has been given the name 

Te Kōmata o Te Rangi (The Pinnacle in the Sky). The two classrooms are 

Manawaroa (resilience) and Ngākau Mākahi (humility with heart); the 

conditioning space is Mārohi (strength, power); and honouring Graham 

Leslie, a long-serving Deputy Principal and basketball coach, the two 

full-size courts with seating for 250 people are Leslie 1 and Leslie 2. 

While the gymnasium has been funded by the Ministry of Education, 

the adjacent five-bay garage Outdoor Education Hub has come about 

through school, business, community and whānau contributions. 

As part of the landscaping, a significant swale, designed to assist with 

drainage, stormwater management and in clearing sediments and 

contaminants, is sited next to the complex. 

In mid-June, the Environment Committee led our Year 10 students in 

planting 1,500 native plants. The students got to demonstrate our 

school goal of Tūrangawaewae (a sense of belonging, a place to stand) 

by restoring the whenua closer to its original wetland state. 

Wonderful wall mural 

A beautiful, significant wall mural 

has been painted on B Block, facing 

out on to the main quad. 

In true community collaboration, 

the mural was designed by Carolyn 

Eng, our Head of Visual Arts, and 

brought to life by Rodrigo Rozas, 

father of one of our students, and 

a sign writer and street artist who, 

in acknowledgement of his own 

whakapapa, is known as Chile One 

NZ, with assistance from some of 

our students and staff. 

Within the mural: the mātātā 

(fernbird) is a wise communicator; 

the tāniko (weaving) adds the 

imagery of maunga (mountain) 

referencing our school whakataukī 

(proverb); and the takarangi (spiral) 

in the bottom left corner refers to 

Rangi, Papa and the birth of 

Te Ao Mārama. 

Halswell Quarry Big day Out 

Our Year 9 Students have been visiting 

Halswell Quarry since 2016 for a ‘Big 

Day Out’ of Ako (learning) based 

around this fabulous community 

resource. 

The students move around activities 

and learn with kaiako (teachers) from 

Hillmorton High School and the 

amazing Christchurch City Council 

Educators and Rangers from the 

Learning Through Action Team. 

One of the pivotal tasks, and the 

reason for our Autumn visit, involves 

social action and conservation; we 

have planted shrubs every visit since 2016. Past 

and present students feel both connected to 

Halswell Quarry and proud to have supported its 

regeneration. 

Students learn about the history, geography and 

fascinating geology, marvelling at how many 

of the quarry’s rocks and stones were used in 

building greater Ōtautahi (Christchurch). They 

also walk up and around the hills, taking photos 

and writing haikus to capture the essence of 

Autumn at Halswell Quarry. 

A magnificent asset, the 

mural aligns with our 

kaupapa of embedding 

Te Ao Māori and 

experiential learning in 

our school. 

We enjoy the day together and focus 

on our Term Two school value of 

whanaungatanga (interconnectedness 

and positive relationships). 

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Living the Olympic dream 

The 2024 Paris Olympics start in 29 days. Sports reporter 

Sam Coughlan caught up with some of the Cantabrians heading to the games 

Brothers ready for heat of competition 

Joe (left) and Charlie Morrison. 

A MAIDEN trip to the 

Olympics has been a long time 

coming for hockey umpire 

Gareth Greenfield. 

The 41-year-old will set off 

next month to Paris to umpire at 

the games for the first time – 16 

years after first stepping foot on 

the international stage. 

He lives and breathes the 

sport, playing occasionally for 

the Southern United club as 

well, where he is club captain, 

and manager of the Just Hockey/ 

Cricket Express store in 

Riccarton. 

Greenfield said the Olympics 

had been a dream since he 

started umpiring as a teenager. 

“It’s something I’ve been 

striving pretty hard over the 

years to try and achieve. 

“When you’re young and you 

start umpiring, it’s a bit of a 

goal. 

“I’ve been umpiring since I 

was probably 13 or 14, just been 

plugging away at it and coming 

through the years and I guess, 

the Olympics are the pinnacle of 

an umpire’s career.” 

In 2008, he took charge of 

his first international match, 

between New Zealand and Chile 

in Pukekohe. 

“Back then you’re a bit of a 

BROTHERS JOE and Charlie 

Morrison are on the cusp of 

fulfilling a lifelong dream when 

they run out for the Black Sticks at 

the Olympic Games in Paris. 

The pair, aged 22 and 20 

respectively, have been selected in 

the 16-man squad for what will be 

their first time at the games. 

Charlie said it was a special 

moment for them. 

“We both probably never 

thought it was gonna happen, so it 

is a real honour to be selected and 

you always dream of going to an 

Olympics. I can’t wait.” 

Joe said it had always been 

something he’s wanted to 

accomplish. 

“Obviously you watch it on TV 

‘It’s something special’ 

possum in headlights,” he said. 

“But I guess, it just comes with 

experience and trust in your 

process.” 

Since then, he’s umpired 110 

international games, including 

trips to the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth 

Games and the FIH 

World Cup last year in India. 

But he said the Olympics were 

simply next-level. 

“It’s something special because 

it’s a multi-sport event. 

You’ve got not just hockey eyes 

watching, whereas at a hockey 

World Cup, generally, it’s the 

hockey community following 

that.’’ 

Having not umpired an 

international since the Olympic 

qualifiers held in Oman in 

January, Greenfield has been 

keeping his skills sharp by 

officiating Christchurch club 

games. 

“(It’s) what we need to do to 

refine our skills.” 

He said there were a few differences 

between international 

and club hockey. 

“At club hockey where there 

might be a little bit less skill and 

structure, there’s more clashes, 

more mistakes from the players. 

“But you owe it to those guys 

to give it the best you can.” 

OLYMPIC: Gareth Greenfield will umpire at his first Olympic 

Games in Paris next month. PHOTO: GEOFF SOPER 

growing up and it’s a pretty big 

event. It’s the pinnacle of hockey, 

so since I started playing it’s probably 

been the goal.” 

They’re joined in the squad by 

fellow Cantabrians Sam Lane 

and Simon Yorston – who is also 

making his Olympic debut. 

The brothers started playing 

when Joe was eight and Charlie 

seven, when they would watch 

older sister Ella’s games at the 

Marist Hockey Club. 

The brothers would play on the 

turf at halftime, alongside friend 

George Baker – who is a reserve in 

the Olympic squad. 

They’ve played hundreds of 

games together since then. 

“We played Marist age-group 

and then went to St Bede’s 

together, played in the Canterbury 

rep teams together, and Marist 

premier men,” said Joe. 

“So it’s pretty special to pull on 

the jersey next to him and fulfil 

the dream, I guess.” 

Charlie remembered how many 

from that first junior team went 

on to big things. 

“That team was actually a pretty 

successful group. 

“There was Dom Gardiner 

(Crusaders flanker), a New Zealand 

triathlete (Will Taylor), and 

then three Black Sticks, it was a 

pretty competitive group.” 

While this will be the brothers’ 

first time on the Olympic stage, 

they’re no stranger to world 

events, having both featured at the 

FIH World Cup in India last year 

– where Charlie made his debut. 

“I remember crowds of 20,000, 

a lot of noise, pretty hectic environment, 

I think it’s definitely 

prepared me for what’s to come in 

Paris a bit,” he said. 

Joe expected Paris to be similar. 

“They’re saying maybe some 

heat in Paris, it was pretty hot 

in India and we’ve also been in 

Malaysia. 

“But also, living together with 

the team for in a small space for 

quite a while, it’s different. It’s 

good that we’ve had plenty of 

practice at it.” 

The Black Sticks will head to 

Spain for a training camp next 

week before arriving in Paris 

ahead of their first game against 

India on July 28 (NZT). 

From Wharenui to Paris 

WHEN CHRISTINE Cassin 

began officiating swim meets 

nearly 20 years ago, she could 

never have imagined where it 

would lead to. 

From representative meetings 

to the international stage at world 

championships and events, next 

month will see her officiate at 

the pinnacle of global sport – the 

Olympic Games. 

Cassin is the only New 

Zealander who will be a poolside 

official at the Paris games, 

testimony to the high regard and 

reputation she has forged during 

her time in the sport. 

Northland’s Ross Gillespie 

will be a referee at the open 

water events, while his wife 

Carlrine will be poolside at the 

Paralympics, which follow the 

Olympics. 

Cassin is one of only two 

Canterbury officials in Paris 

alongside Gareth Greenfield, who 

will umpire hockey in what is his 

first Olympic Games. 

“This is the ultimate goal, and 

to have actually achieved it at this 

age is very special,” 65-year-old 

Cassin said. 

Every four years the 

international technical officials’ 

referee list is renewed. Cassin is 

currently in her third and final 

four-year term, which lasts until 

the end of 2026. 

“Once you turn 65 you can’t 

apply to go on a list. I was 64 

when I applied.” 

Poolside, Cassin is one of 32 

officials who will be involved in 

a number of tasks from checking 

a swimmer’s start and finish, 

ensuring they are doing the 

strokes and kicks correctly, to 

monitoring the call room before 

athletes come out to the pool. 

Cassin never swam 

competitively, but developed a 

passion for the sport through her 

children Holly and Ashley who 

were competitive swimmers. 

WATCHING ON: Christine 

Cassin is the only New 

Zealander who will be a 

poolside official at the Paris 

Olympics. Left, Cassin 

monitors an athlete’s start 

during the 2023 World 

Aquatics games in Japan. 

In 2010, she became 

a regional referee and a 

national referee two years 

later. In 2015, she successfully 

applied for one of New 

Zealand’s six positions on 

the World Aquatics international 

technical officials list. 

She officiated at the 2015 

(Singapore) and 2017 (United 

States) world junior champs 

and the 2019 and 2023 World 

Aquatics championships in South 

Korea and Japan respectively. 

Cassin will be in Paris for 

12 days, nine of those spent at the 

swimming events at the Paris La 

Défense Arena, a multi-purpose 

indoor arena developed by rugby 

club Racing 92. 

The Olympics will be the first 

time swimming and water polo 

events will be held at the venue. 

A Wharenui club member, 

most of her weekends are spent 

officiating. 

“We have competitions pretty 

much every other weekend, 

so it’s quite full-on. I’m on the 

Swimming Canterbury West 

Coast technical committee and 

I’m the technical representative 

on our events committee, so I’m 

involved in planning our calendar 

and going to those meets. 

“It can be quite a commitment 

time-wise, but I do love the 

involvement. Swimming is 

everything, it’s my passion.” 

OFFICIAL: Christine Cassin at the World Aquatics Games.


18 

SPORT 


Tough to balance depth, development 

Bevan Sisson 

Rugby matters 

A LOT OF TIMES in life you 

seem to come up against a 

brick wall that seems to be 

impenetrable. No matter how 

hard you push you can’t seem to 

break through. 

This is how some players must 

feel when they can’t cement a 

permanent playing spot in their 

franchise. 

With Super Rugby wrapped 

up for 2024, the selection 

meetings and planning for 2025 

squads are now under way. 

There will be plenty of players 

locked-in already for most 

franchises, but the fine balance 

of keeping promising players 

within the group is always a 

challenge. 

As a player, how long do you 

keep trying to break down that 

wall. If you are ranked fourth or 

fifth on the depth chart, how do 

you become part of the matchday 

23 if you can’t get game 

time. 

While I was part of the NZ 

under-20s selection panel, there 

where times when we couldn’t 

always agree. Though we had 

player stats, footage and watched 

live games, it still came down to 

opinion. 

If a player can’t get through 

the wall, then the only other 

option is to go round it. 

There have been many 

players who have had to take 

that sideways path from the 

Crusaders region. The likes of 

Sam Darry, who was part of the 

Crusaders set up (but behind a 

well-established locking group), 

decided to head to the Blues 

where he’s a permanent fixture. 

Brett Cameron is another who 

seemed to get no traction or 

consistent game time. Cameron’s 

sideways decision was to head 

to Japan where he got some 

confidence and form back – then 

to NPC at Manawatu, where he 

was picked up by the Hurricanes 

and finished out 2024 as their 

starting No 10. Rameka Pohipi is 

another Canterbury player who 

is now a constant pick in the 

Chiefs. 

The latest is young up-andcomer 

Zach Gallagher who 

has come through from being 

a junior at Burnside to making 

Another great column by Bevan 

Sisson ( June 20). Country 

rugby does deserve way more 

prominence here in Canterbury. 

I remember the great Queen’s 

Birthday weekend Town v 

Country clashes, which are now 

a thing of the past. 

In the 80s you would 

have greats like Robbie and 

Bruce Deans, Andy Earl etc 

representing Country. Town had 

his debut for the Crusaders in 

2022. He will now try to ignite 

his career with the Hurricanes 

from 2025. 

The downside to creating and 

developing quality depth is you 

can’t keep them all, and there is 

only so much money – and game 

time to keep everyone satisfied. 

One person who changed his 

direction successfully is Ethan 

Roots. Originally picked up 

by the Crusaders from North 

Harbour, he ended up having 

just one appearance in 2020 and 

could see no way forward in a 

stacked forward pack. 

Roots took the biggest 

sideways path of all and headed 

first to Ospreys and then to 

Exeter in England. He had a 

storming couple of seasons 

and got noticed by the national 

coaching and selection group. 

Now he is headed back to 

NZ, not to play Super Rugby 

but as part of England’s touring 

team and is set to play against 

the ABs, who are now under 

his former Super Rugby coach. 

Warwick Taylor, Dale Atkins, 

Wayne Smith etc – legends also. 

They were great days. 

North Canterbury and 

Ellesmere have provided so 

much to red and black rugby. 

They need more air. 

On another, but related, 

subject, it was great to see 

Sam Whitelock, Crusaders 

and All Black legend bow out 

as a winning captain with 

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HOMECOMING: Originally picked by the Crusaders, Ethan 

Roots played just one game of Super rugby before heading 

to England in search of more game time. He is now part of 

England’s touring team to face the All Blacks. PHOTO: GETTY 

He’s gone from doing the haka 

as a Māori All Black in 2020 to 

facing the haka in 2024. 

There are many more from the 

Crusaders region not mentioned, 

and there will be many more in 

the future, but those players are 

a good example that sometimes 

heading elsewhere to get another 

opinion can prove beneficial and 

open other doors. 

• The passing of Connor 

Garden-Bachop and Shayne 

Philpott has been met with 

great sadness. Both were top 

guys. I knew Connor through 

his time playing at Lincoln 

University. He had a personality 

that brightened any room he 

entered and an infectious smile 

that made it a joy to have him 

around. Shayne was a Burnside 

man and it was always good to 

catch up with him. Thoughts 

with their family and friends. 

• Sisson is a former player, 

Lincoln, Lincoln University 

and representative coach 

and New Zealand age 

group selector 

the Barbarians. His maternal 

grandfather was Nelson Dalzell, 

a 1950s Canterbury/All Black 

from Culverden. 

– Graham Paterson, 

Redwood 

My thoughts on the future of 

rugby. 

There are so many technical 

ways to give away a penalty and 

fewer for a free kick. 

Winners, losers 

and surprises in 

Razor’s first team 

WE ALL KNEW Scott 

Robertson is happy to look 

outside the norm and challenge 

the status quo. 

With his first selection group 

named for the upcoming 

England series we get a small 

look into how he and his 

coaching group are thinking. 

Although most pundits would 

be able to pick 80 per cent of 

the squad, there were some 

interesting insights. 

There is an eye to the future 

in some picks, George Bell and 

Pasilio Tosi, but there’s also some 

unlucky players. None more-so 

than in-form Hoskins Sotutu 

who lost a head to head battle 

with Wallace Sititi. 

Traditionally a squad is picked 

with five loosies and four locks, 

but Razor has been happy to cut 

the locking group to three. It 

is an insight that on game day 

he may choose a loosie to cover 

lock, as opposed to a lock that 

can cover a loose forward spot. 

This indicates a game that will 

be pace-based, as opposed to 

challenging England by coming 

through through the front door. 

With only three locks being 

picked I thought Sam Darry was 

I’ve played for about 25 

years and think if you want 

the game to be exciting, fast 

and a place where the deserved 

team actually wins, penalties 

like collapsed scrum, dropped 

intercept pass, failure to release 

the ball in a tackle, retrieving 

the ball too soon, and many 

more, should be free kicks. 

The whole rule book needs 

looking at but the above is my 

unlucky not to be an inclusion, 

though he is in the squad for 

injury cover for the time being. 

His control at lineout time and 

also his reading of opposition 

lineouts has been world class 

during the Super season. He is a 

big body and direct in his carries 

which may not suit the initial 

Robertson gameplan, but if a 

point of difference is needed later 

in the year, his time will come. 

There are some excitement 

machines such as Caleb Clarke 

whose notable improvement 

in fitness and an in-form Sevu 

Reece along with Mark Tele’a, 

plus some other exciting options 

for the back three which will 

get the coaching team thinking 

– who is best suited to do some 

damage in those wide channels. 

Pasilio Tosi is a great story who 

only four years ago was playing 

No 8 till his switch to prop while 

at the Southland Stags. He has 

had a quick rise to become an All 

Black and they would see him as 

an exciting project for 2024. 

This upcoming series will 

show what style the new 

coaching group wants to play 

and more importantly what 

players suit their style. 

FIRST LOOK: Scott Robertson’s first All Blacks squad has 

given some insight into how he wants to approach the 

visiting England side. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

Readers keen to see changes to rep rugby, penalty rules 

suggestion to make the game 

quick, exciting and fun to watch. 

Last but not least, sending 

someone from the field is just 

stupid, such as in the World Cup 

final. 

I’ve watched game after game 

where no-one knew why a 

penalty was given, including 

the player. It makes the game a 

nonsense. 

– Alan Trenberth



SPORT 19 

Rugby mourns loss of versatile Philpott 

RUGBY’S MR Versatile Shayne 

Philpott has been remembered 

following his death this week. 

Philpott, 58, died from what 

is understood to be a medical 

event in Christchurch. 

A Burnside club stalwart, he 

played 113 games for Canterbury 

from 1986-1995, and was capped 

14 times by the All Blacks, including 

two tests. 

Philpott could play in a number 

of positions in the backline, 

making his versatility an asset. 

In hearing of Philpott’s death, 

the New Zealand Herald’s 

Phil Gifford recounted a story 

of Philpott keeping Sir John 

Kirwan out of the 1993 All 

Blacks squad for the end-of-year 

northern tour. 

“In 1993, Philpott’s defence 

at fullback for Canterbury in 

a game against Auckland in 

Christchurch cost John Kirwan 

his place in the All Blacks for the 

end-of-year tour to England and 

Scotland. 

“Twice Kirwan, on the wing 

for Auckland, was unable to beat 

Philpott on the outside. 

“After the game, All Blacks 

selector Earle Kirton would suggest 

that Kirwan didn’t ‘have the 

gas any more. Not enough gas’. 

“True or not, a few weeks 

later when the team to tour was 

named, Kirwan, one of the alltime 

greats, was not one of the 

three wings who would tour.” 

Philpott’s was the second 

surprise death to rock New Zealand’s 

rugby community, after 

Wellington and Highlanders 

outside back Connor Garden- 

Bachop passed away from a 

medical event in Christchurch 

last week. He was 25. 

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Linwood look to secure last 

spot in quarter-finals tussle 

• By Sam Coughlan 

LINWOOD’S destiny is in their 

hands with one round to go in the 

Metro rugby competition. 

The Bulls sit eighth on the 

ladder, currently occupying the 

last quarter-final spot having 

leapfrogged Shirley thanks to 

an 86-0 win on Saturday over 

Christchurch. 

This week they’ll play Lincoln 

University knowing a win will 

confirm them a playoffs spot. 

But head coach Brendan Nolan 

said they’re not looking past 

Saturday’s game. 

“We haven’t really even spoken 

around anything past this week, 

for us, it’s game by game, and we’ll 

put our best foot forward this 

week and see where we end up.” 

Earlier in the season, Linwood 

had lost five games in a row, but 

Nolan said the team never gave up 

hope. 

“We just had to stick to what 

we were trying to do – make sure 

we all stayed together. It’s quite 

easy for some teams to form little 

groups, but we hunkered down 

and toughed it out.” 

They’ve been boosted in recent 

weeks by the presence of All 

Black Richie Mo’unga at games 

Points 

Marist 39; UC 38; Lincoln 

Uni 36; Sydenham 35; 

Burnside 33; HSOB 32; 

Sumner 31; Linwood 

24; Shirley 22; New 

Brighton 21; Belfast 12; 

Christchurch 6 

and practices after the end of his 

season in Japan. 

“It’s good for our boys just to be 

able to connect with him, because 

there’s a couple of guys that are 

playing at the moment that were 

around when Richie was around,” 

said Nolan. 

Nolan said Mo’unga won’t turn 

out for the side this season. 

HSOB meets Burnside under 

lights at Ngā Puna Wai on 

Thursday night to open the round, 

before the rest of the games on 

Saturday. 

Shirley visit Sydenham needing 

a win to stay alive, while New 

Brighton are in the same boat 

away to league-leaders Marist 

Albion. 

Sumner host Belfast while 

Canterbury Uni will hope to steal 

top spot off Marist when they play 

Christchurch. 

RAMPAGE: Erwin Sauni on the charge for Linwood during 

the 86-0 win over Christchurch. 

PHOTO: BRANDON KUIPERS 

Wins for top 

teams keeps 

table tight 

• By Sam Coughlan 

IT’S STILL tight at the top of the 

Southern League as the table starts 

to take shape ahead of an earlier 

round of games due to Matariki. 

Last week, the top three of 

Cashmere Technical, Coastal 

Spirit and Christchurch United all 

picked up wins to consolidate their 

positions. 

Tech hold a slender two-point 

lead over Coastal, who themselves 

are ahead of United by the same 

margin. 

Points: Cash Tech 28; Coastal 26; 

Chch Utd 24; Nelson 19; Nomads 

14; Bays 13; Dunedin 10; Selwyn 7; 

Uni 4; FC Twenty 0 

• A list of fixtures can be 

found on Mainland Football’s 

website. 

CRL Premiership 

Riccarton Knights and Halswell 

Hornets have their games won 

to edge closer to table-topping 

Linwood Keas, who went down 16- 

10 to Eastern Eagles. 

The Keas are now only two 

points ahead of Riccarton and four 

clear of Halswell. 

There are no games this weekend 

due to Matariki. 

Points: Linwood 16; Riccarton 

14; Halswell 12; Hornby 11; Eastern 

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Life membership for Hornets stalwart 

• By Will Evans 

“IT’S A BIG, big plus for 

grassroots rugby league.’’ 

That was the response 

from Halswell Hornets and 

Canterbury Rugby League 

legend Jeff Whittaker after 

receiving the ultimate 

recognition from the game’s 

national body. 

Whittaker was awarded 

New Zealand Rugby League 

life membership at Saturday’s 

NZRL annual meeting, 

acknowledging his incredible 

contribution at all levels of the 

game. 

“This is a dream and the 

pinnacle for everyone in rugby 

league [but] I accept this 

award on behalf of everyone,” 

Whittaker said. 

“So to be involved with 

grassroots and then Canterbury 

and South Island, and then 

on to New Zealand, it’s been 

massive. But a journey that I’ve 

loved every minute of.” 

Whittaker has been 

continuously involved with 

Halswell Hornets since 1965 

when he started as a schoolboy. 

He has been involved at 

the club as a coach, selector, 

administrator and volunteer. 

At a national level, Whittaker 

has been a constant presence 

as a coach and selector for 

New Zealand junior and 

women’s teams for more 

than 20 years, where his 

ability to identify and 

nurture elite talent 

flourished. 

But he deflects 

credit for his latest 

achievement to those 

nearest and dearest to 

him. 

“I’ve got to thank my late 

mum Alice and dad Merv, 

for everything they’ve done for 

me and the way they’ve guided 

me right through my life,” 


“But the big thing is this 

award’s really got to go 

to my wife. While 

I’m either at 

training 

sessions 

or being 

involved 

at league camps, or away on 

tour, or at meetings with the 

administration side of it, when 

you’ve got a farm 

and horses and that sort of 

thing, you need people at home. 

“My wife Trace and my four 

kids, Cara, Josh, Luke and Steffi 

– without them, I wouldn’t be 

able to do what I’ve been able to 

achieve. 

“But as far as New Zealand 

Rugby League goes, mate, it was 

just a privilege.’’ 

Whittaker played for 22 

years, progressing through 

the junior grades and 

representing Canterbury, 

South Island and Rest of 

New Zealand at age-group 

level. 

He toured Australia with 

Canterbury 19s and won 

selection for South Island 19s 

before progressing to the senior 

club ranks as a foundation 

player for fledgling Halswell 

in 1979. 

Whittaker played in 

the club’s 1984-86 

grand finals 

– including 

its first 

premiership 

triumph in 

1985 – before 

hanging up 

the boots in 1987. 

His first national appointment 

was as New Zealand 16s selector 

and coach in 1996, while he 

took the NZ Secondary Schools 

team to Australia in 2000 and 

guided NZ 16s to a win over 

Samoa in 2014. 

Whittaker was also a 

long-serving Canterbury 

Bulls selector and a tireless 

administrator for Halswell and 

Canterbury. 

Canterbury Rugby League 

chief executive Malcolm Humm 

said he was thrilled with 

Whittaker’s life membership. 

Whittaker joins the ranks of 

current NZRL life members to 

hail from Canterbury or who 

have strong ties to the region, 

including John Bray (2010), Ray 

Haffenden (2013), John Coffey 

(2018), Frank Endacott (2020) 

and Reon Edwards (2022). 

“I am privileged and it’s an 

honour to get given the most 

prestigious award available in 

your sport. 

“But if a young kid’s smiling 

after having a game of footy, 

whether he’s made a tackle or 

scored a try, that’s where I get 

my happiness out of really,” 


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discount. No job too 

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027 4136004 

or 385 2930 

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Phone Gary 342-8950, 021 

529 022 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

SPECIALIST 

Entire spouting system 

cleared. Single or 2 storey. 

Jo 021 164 0365 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

TILING 

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3887 

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The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

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gent. 0274 710 369 

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Buyers and sellers of 

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11 Brixton Street, Hornby 

Phone: 021 1062 900 

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AAA Buying good quality 

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lots .Gold jewellery 

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Rd, 121 Riccarton Rd, 77 

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Rd 385 5117 

Wanted To Buy 

A+ ALL whiteware 

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freezes, fridges, washing 

machines, ovens. Also 

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hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

ACADEMY ANTIQUES 

Buying estates, antiques, 

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Royal Doulton , Royal 

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4229 academyantiques. 

co.nz 

A Flying Nun records 

wanted. Will pay Pin 

Group Coat $1000, Six 

Impossible Things $700, 

Surburban Reptiles Sat 

Night $1600. Anything 

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Love or any other Flying 

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punk bands. Dave 021 222 

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machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

Caravan wanted with 

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and a trailer. Ph Steve 027 

6220 011 

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uniforms, badges, medals, 

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earlier ph 338-9931 

Old Toys, Models & 

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toymodelcollectors.co.nz 

Pennylane Records 

always buying rcords. 

Excellent prices paid. 

430 Colombo Street, 

Sydenham 366 3278 Open 

7 days 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

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Thursday June 27 2024 The Star 27 

We need your help to fill our beds. 

Cholmondeley Children’s Centre has 

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LEGENDS BAR 

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Sat 11AM-1PM 

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GIG GUIDE 

, 

WHAT S ON 

Thursday 27 June to Wednesday 3 July 2024 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Speedboat. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 6.15pm – Hagley Jazz ‘After 3’ 

Performance Night, all welcome, free. Friday 

8pm – The Underground (Nelson) bringing 

The Best of BritRock! Presales SOLD OUT, 

sorry no door sales. Saturday 2pm – QueenB’s 

Music Students’ Performances, all welcome, 

free; 7pm – Battle of the Bands Regional 

Finals feat Bad Revivals, The E.C.H.O., Red 

Weekend, The Rainfall, Ultimatum, tix 

Eventfinda.co.nz $15+BF or door sales $20. 

Sunday 4pm – The Skeatles 60th Anniversary 

of The Beatles Concert, Presales SOLD OUT, 

sorry no door sales; 8pm – Desafyar & Max G 

present Sensual Sundays June Social Dancing 

with guest DJs playing Bachata, Zouk, 

Kizomba, & Salsa, all welcome, $5 floor fee for 

dancers. Monday 7pm – Believe It or Not 

Quiz, table bookings phone 03-377-4787, free. 

Tuesday 4.30pm & 6pm – Monster Music 

Performances, all welcome, door sales 

available. Wednesday 4.30pm & 6pm – 

Monster Music Performances, all welcome, 

door sales available; 7.30pm – Cathedral 

Grammar Primary School Performance Night, 

all welcome, free. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 7pm 

- TP Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - TP Karaoke. 

Saturday 7pm - Reminisce with Anthony. 

Sunday - Fired Up Karaoke. 

BLUE PUB, Methven: Saturday - Flat City 

Brotherhood. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday 

4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

Deadlights; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Friday 7.30pm - The Party Singers. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Saturday 

7.30pm - Page 28. Tuesday 7.30pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday - DJ Chick Karaoke. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Crystal Set; 9pm - Diamond Blue. 

Saturday 7pm - DJ Steve Edwards (Skylark); 

7pm - Magic (Main Gaming Floor); 10pm - 

Vague As Bros (Skylark). 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society 

Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - 

Suss4. 

CRAZY HORSE, 8 Shirley Rd: Thursday 

6pm - Jazz Night with Chill & Passion. 

FAMOUS GROUSE, 2 Gerald St, Lincoln: 

Saturday 8pm - Red Zone. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - King Tubbs Duo; 8pm - Live Band 

Karaoke; 11.30pm - Corner Sounds. Friday 

5pm - Penny Blues Band; 8.30pm - Sound 

Sensation; Midnight - Jinx. Saturday 5pm - 

Cam Finlay Duo; 8.30pm - Diamond Blue; 

Midnight - House of Groove. Sunday 3pm - 

Boogie House + Soloist; 6.30pm - Cantora 

Duo. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Friday 

6.30pm - Gazza. Saturday 7.30pm - Madsen 

Promotions presents Eagles & CCR Tribute 

feat. Paul Madsen & Band, tickets $30. 

LYTTELTON CLUB 328, 23 Dublin St, 

Lyttelton: Sunday 3pm - Madsen 

Promotions presents Eagles Tribute, tickets 

$35. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or 


jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd: 

Friday 8pm - Speedboat. Saturday 5.30pm - 

80's Party with DJ Dave. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Thursday 8pm - Muckin Fuppets. Friday 

10.30pm - Hired Guns. Saturday 10.30pm - 

Smoke & Mirrors. 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

Pde: Saturday 6th July, 7.30pm - Level 6. 

OPAWA BOWL & JACK, 15 Opawa Rd: 

Saturday 8pm - Solfire. 

PAPANUI CLUB, 302 Sawyers Arms Rd: 

Friday 6.45pm - Simmer. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Raceourse 

Rd: Friday 7pm - Disco & Karaoke with DJ 

Chick. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Girl from Mars. 

Saturday 7pm - Crystal Set. Sunday 3pm - DT 

Music. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd: 

Thursday 7.30pm - A&J Matariki Karaoke . 

Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday 

8.30pm - Lampwick. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Jayson. Saturday 7pm - Karaoke. 

Sunday 4pm - Open Mic. 

STOCK XCHANGE BAR, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Nexus. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday 

8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - 

Quiz. Friday 6pm - Brad Staley; 10pm - 12 

Gauge. Saturday 7pm - Topia; 11pm - Corner 

Sounds. Sunday 5pm - Willie McArthur. 

Monday 6pm - Sionna. Tuesday 7.30pm - 

Jamesons Irish Sessions. Wednesday 6pm - 

Sionna. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Saturday 6.30pm - Sons of Satoshi. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday 

9pm - Open Mic. Wednesday - Carpathia 

(Kevin Emmett, Jared Williams & Chris 

Baker). 

THE FITZ2, 77 Stevens St: Saturday 7pm - 

Norwest. Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

THE KAIK, Williams St, Kaiapoi: Saturday 

8.30pm - The Party Singers. 

THE MAK, 1276 Main North Rd, Kainga: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Raisin Tooth. Sunday 3pm 

- Nexus. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Red Zone. Saturday 9.30pm - 

Switch. Sunday 6pm - Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - 

Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - DJ Chick Karaoke. Saturday 7.30pm 

- Hired Guns. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam Night 

with Ritchie Gillies & Nick Buchanan. 

WOODSTOCK ADDINGTON, 291 

Lincoln Rd: Wednesday 7pm - Open Mic. 

The 

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Christmas 

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A HALTON ST home has sold 

for $4 million, the highest price 

They fought off four other 

www.starnews.co.nz 

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024 

connecting you with your neighbourhood 

Locals 

Locals 

Supporting 

Thursday, June 27, 2024 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Strowan property 

sells for $4m, 

breaking 

records 

NEW HIGH: A Halton St home has sold for $4 million – a new record for Strowan, and the highest price paid for a property at auction in Christchurch 

this year. 

ever for a property in Strowan. 

It is also the most expensive 

property to sell at auction in 

Christchurch this year. 

The five-bedroom, twobathroom 

home was bought by a 

Canterbury family, who had been 

looking for a year for their next 

home, OneRoof reported. 

local buyers in Harcourts 

Gold’s auction room on 

Thursday, including two 

who actively bid on it. 

A vendor bid of $2.5 

million opened the 

auction, which went up in 

mainly $25,000 to $50,000 

increments. 

Harcourts Gold 

Mark 

Morrison 

auctioneer Mark Morrison 

said once the home was 

announced on the market 

at $3.8m, jus two buyers 

battled it out. 

The sale price exceeded 

the vendors’ expectations 

by $200,000. 

“The bids were relatively 

large and strong,” 

Morrison told OneRoof. 

The $4m sale price topped Harcourts Holmwood agent 

Strowan’s previous record price Kathryn Picton-Warlow had been 

of $3.76 million, paid at auction working with the buyers for 12 

last November for a 1920s home months, searching for the ideal 

on Normans Rd. 

family home. 

Morrison told OneRoof the The buyers were moving 

Halton St house was a standout. from the country into the city 

“It’s the sort of home that pops and were looking for a home 

up on the market and buyers go, with space, which Halton St 

‘Jeez, we’ve go to secure this’. offered. 

That sort of home you jump on.” • Turn to page 3 

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Entries close 

Sunday 7th July 2024. 

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Fri 5 - Sun 7 July 

*Terms & conditions apply. Offer valid 5th - 7th July 2024, during the Star Media Home and Leisure show only. Redeemable on kitchens 

installed before November 30th, 2024. Applies to kitchens over $15,000 (excl. trades and appliances) to qualify. 

STAND 178 - come and say hi! 

Plus, if you haven’t registered already, scan at our stand to be in to win a 

Cant talk to us today? Give us a bell later, we’re here to help. 

Shopping Spree 

$10,000 

0800 020 030 contact@smithskitchens.co.nz smithscity.co.nz/kitchens 

at your local Smiths City store^ 

Start a wishlist online now - smithscity.co.nz 

^Excludes Smiths City Kitchens. 

TO CELEBRATE OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY WE ARE OFFERING 

^Terms and conditions apply. Applies to products at full retail proce. Staff not permitted to enter.. One entry per person. 

FREE ENTRY 

Plus, if you haven’t registered already, scan at our stand to be in to win a 

$10,000 at 

*Terms & conditions apply. Offer valid 5th - 7th July 2024, during the Star Media Home and Leisure show only. Redeemable on kitchens 

COURTESY OF 

installed before November 30th, 2024. Applies to kitchens over $15,000 (excl. trades and appliances) to qualify. 

Shopping Spree 

your local Smiths City store^ 

Start a wishlist online now - smithscity.co.nz 

^Excludes Smiths City Kitchens. 

^Terms and conditions apply. Applies to products at full retail proce. Staff not permitted to enter.. One entry per person. 

10am - 4pm • Wolfbrook Arena • www.starhomeshow.kiwi

The Star: June 27, 2024

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